PIONEER Trial (Post-Transplant Application of TruGraf and TRAC Molecular Panel in Renal Transplant Recipients)

Transplant Genomics

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Subclinical Rejection; Immunosuppression Management; Biopsy; Biomarkers / Blood; Kidney Transplant Rejection

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: There is no required Intervention for this Protocol. Based on Results for TruGraf/TRAC/TRAC ID Investigators may use the results in managing subjects Immunosuppression or rule out rejection.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT07231328

TGRP20_PIONEER

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is an observational, prospective, multi-center trial designed to evaluate clinical outcomes in kidney transplant recipients undergoing TruGraf and TRAC monitoring.

Approximately 15 U.S. sites

Full description

All subjects who meet the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria will be eligible to participate. As the study is non-interventional, no protocol-mandated treatment or management plan will be imposed. In the absence of a universally ac-cepted paradigm for post-transplant monitoring with molecular diagnostics, participat-ing sites will be encouraged to follow their usual practice, supplemented where ap-propriate by the suggested TruGraf and TRAC™ algorithms.

To evaluate both the prognostic performance and the clinical utility of these bi-omarkers, a hybrid analytic framework will be used. Biomarker results will be made available to clinicians in real time, and investigators will prospectively record whether each result led to a change in clinical management. Natural History Subgroup: Test-ing events in which both TruGraf® and TRAC results are double-negative and no change in management occurred. Analyses will be anchored at the test-event level to avoid immortal time bias. This subgroup will be used to evaluate the safety and true negative predictive value (NPV) of a double-negative result, including the incidence of biopsy-proven acute rejection (BPAR) within 30 days.

• Real-World Use Subgroup: Testing events in which biomarker results prompt-ed a change in clinical management (e.g., change in immunosuppression, for-cause biopsy, or enhanced monitoring). By definition, any action following a test result places the event in this subgroup, irrespective of whether the bi-omarker result was double-negative or abnormal. Because clinical actions can alter subsequent risk trajectories, analyses in this subgroup will account for treatment-confounder feedback using causal modeling strategies (e.g., marginal structural models, target trial emulation).

Enrollment: 600 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Able to understand the key components of the study as described in the written informed consent document and willing and able to provide written informed consent.
• At least 18 years of age at the time of screening.
• Enrollment begins 30 days prior to transplant till day 29 post-transplantation.
• Recipient of a kidney transplant (either primary or repeat), from either deceased or living donor.
• Receiving any immunosuppressive regimen.
• Able and willing to comply with all study procedures, as assessed by the Investigator.
• Selected by the treating provider to undergo TruGraf and TRAC™ testing as part of routine post-transplant care

Exclusion criteria

History of previous non-kidney solid organ, vascular composite allograft, pancreatic islet, stem cell, or bone marrow transplant.

• History of dual or en-bloc kidney transplants.
• Recipient or donor with positive test for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb), hepatitis B virus (HBV) nucleic acid testing (NAT), hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody, HCV NAT, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or HIV NAT.
• Patients known to be pregnant or with plans to become pregnant over the 24 months after enrollment.
• History or presence of coagulopathy, thrombophilia, unexplained bleeding or clotting disorders, or use of or documented plans for use of systemic anticoagulants at the time of screening, with the exception of uremic coagulopathy or prophylactic heparin preparations.
• History or presence, upon clinical evaluation, of any illness or condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would interfere with the ability to provide informed consent or comply with study instructions

Trial design

600 participants in 2 patient groups

Natural History Subgroup

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: There is no required Intervention for this Protocol. Based on Results for TruGraf/TRAC/TRAC ID Investigators may use the results in managing subjects Immunosuppression or rule out rejection.

• Real-World Use Subgroup

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: There is no required Intervention for this Protocol. Based on Results for TruGraf/TRAC/TRAC ID Investigators may use the results in managing subjects Immunosuppression or rule out rejection.